Packing It All In
Yesterday (Monday) was Teresa’s and my first day to go out on the mobile clinic. We went to an area called Ceramon and set up our clinic in a building established on a concrete slab with corrugated...
View ArticleThat Long Journey
“And you? When will you begin That long journey Into yourself?” –Rumi I am aware of the silence that has permeated my blog lately. I have been very mindfully (sometimes) sitting with the intensity of...
View ArticleYou Burn
“You burn because you carry fire.” –Rune Lazuli I know that I am not alone in this sensation of burning from the inside out, this intensity that has called my name since I was a child and has compelled...
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The Word Beyond Home
what is the word beyond. home. after home. where is it. this word. why can i not remember how to say this thing. this feeling that is my whole body. –nayyirah waheed This is my first blog post this...
View ArticleBurying Sadness
But if you bury your sadness under your skin instead of letting it out, what else can it do but grow in your veins, to your heart? –Nikita Gill My life is full of joy. I have spent delightful hours...
View ArticleDare to be Powerful
Sometimes things don’t go as planned. I talk about this as a midwife, in prenatal visits and birthing rooms. Labor might have different plans than I do, might choose a different path. Sometimes a GBS...
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Invincible
For those of you who have been following my blog for a while (some since I wrote my very first post as I was starting nursing school!), it is not a big secret that I am something of an open book. I was...
View ArticleGreet Yourself Arriving
The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the...
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All the Robins
I woke up in the middle of the Hoh Rainforest at 5:00 this morning, realizing I had completed what I set out five days ago to do. With that sure knowledge settled deeply into my bones, I packed up my...
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Born of Dust and Silence
Several months of silence have elapsed since I last showed up to pour my thoughts into this space. Much has been unfolding that is more personal than I am able to explore in this format at this time,...
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